Roosevelt High School - Echo Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Mr. Emile Gosseaux rates with the best of science teachers. He makes what is difficult comprehensible and applicable and, above all, interesting. He teaches science as a facet of this age of scientific inquiry and thought. His goal is to produce thinkers and do-ers. Sciences Encoura ge Youthful Minds The biology and general science teacher at RHS is Mr. Robert Wall. His classes take field trips and plan special projects through- out the year. He is sponsor of the Biology Club which schedules each year a series of fine lectures.

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Fitness: An Import ant Factor In Our Lives Coach Bud Dornbos came to Roosevelt in the fall of ’63. He was no stranger to the high school crowd for he had lived in the area and had managed the Chippewa Club. He is particularly interested in making Roosevelt’s athletic program a leader for the state. He serves on many school committees. Mr. Ronald Saunders has taken on an added responsibility this year. Besides assisting Coach Dornbos in the physical education department, he is still scheduled for eighth grade mathematics . Miss Mary Drake is sponsor of the Girls’ Swim- ming Club. Between swim practices and the annual swim show, she teaches girls’ physical education at various levels and sponsors intramural sports.

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Miss Joanne Rankin has added a new Senior Math Class to her schedule of geometry and algebra. She helps each student become a precise thinker by showing him how to organize his thoughts more efficiently. Mr. Jerry Wyatt has taken over the task of teaching ninth grade Social Studies, Core, and ninth grade English. He is a 1964-65 ad- dition to Roosevelt’s Social Studies Depart- ment. He is deeply concerned that his stu- dents improve their writing skills. Mathematics, Social Studies Broaden World Horizens Mr. Francis Welper, besides carrying a regular load of math classes, is in charge of the audio-visual equipment at Roosevelt. He is interested in student groups and sponsors the Pep Club. He is a kind of foster parent for students weighed down with personal problems. 10